30 Days of Puckurt Drabble: Day 9

[patchfire]

It's day nine of our June 30 Days of Puckurt drabble fest!

Here be the rules; don't forget to include a rating if the piece is rated higher than PG

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Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[emoryems]

“Did you watch it?” Kurt’s question hangs between them, quiet and calm.

Puck takes a sip of beer. “Yeah.”

“The whole thing?” This time his voice is coloured by a hint of anxiety. And curiosity.

Puck shrugs, eyes facing forward and beer bottle dangling from his fingers. “Most of it.”

“Why?”

Puck turns and looks at Kurt for the first time in their conversation, eyes hazed with alcohol, but still intense. “I had to know.” The answer is simple, to the point.

Kurt nods and licks his lips, looking upward to try and stem any tears from falling from his eyes.

Puck watches him for a minute, eyes trailing over what Kurt knows to be a sloppily picked outfit and dark rings around his eyes, and then turns away. “Anyone who watches it the whole way through knows it wasn’t -” He cuts off, like he can’t think of the right word to use.

“Consensual,” Kurt offers.

“Yeah.”

Kurt uses the tips of his fingers to sooth the lines of his eyebrows, massaging his temples when he finishes. “I couldn’t do it.”

“What?” Puck asks, looking over. Kurt meets his eyes briefly, then tears away to focus on the ground. “Don’t be stupid, princess. You don’t need to.”

Kurt huffs out a little laugh and nods even as a tear slips from his left eye. “Thanks, Noah.”

Kurt notices, as Puck brings his third beer to his lips once again, that this is the first time since they joined Glee that Puck hasn’t offered him some type of drink. Puck’s always been the kind to share at least some of his illegally-procured wares, and Kurt has always said ‘no’. This time he never even had to.

Watching the other boy lean back against the bench and look upward, Kurt is grateful. In his own way, Puck can be very caring and thoughtful - it just takes some time to see it.

“You gonna be okay Hummel?”

Kurt leans back and looks into the sky again, the single wet tear track drying on his cheek. “I don’t know.”

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[pterawaters]

Ohhh! Poor Kurt! I hope the full story has a happy ending after all the beautiful angst :'(

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[emoryems]

Oh I hope so, too! But I don't think I can bring myself to wrap it up all pretty-like, so it'll probably be a hopeful end :)

Thank you ♥

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[emoryems]

Okay well now I'm going to have to go off and read the rest of this story later on!
I loved their interaction, here.

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[emoryems]

Awesome :) It's all laid out in my fic masterpost.

Thank you - I'm glad it worked well <3

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[ithicajackal]

This is gorgeous. And now I find myself suddenly incredibly impatient again for a story update (yea, I totally blame you)... I love everything about this. Kurt getting out and Puck just being there, unobtrusive and letting Kurt take the lead. I really like how you made a point out of Puck offering a drink. Very atmospheric and sad.

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[emoryems]

Thanks! I've been super-busy the last two days, but hopefully tomorrow will yield some updates. Hopefully.

<3

Re: 30 Firsts -- Starry Night (R) 2/2

[patchfire]

Oh, that's heartbreaking, but beautiful.